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Minor in Biological Engineering
Offered by: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Administrative Contact: BEE Major Coordinator, 207 Riley-Robb Hall
EligibilityStudents in all Majors except Biological Engineering may participate in this Minor.
Note: Students should meet with the BEE Major Coordinator when they decide to pursue the Minor. At that time they will receive a BEE faculty advisor, who will guide them in completing the Minor program.
Educational Objectives
Biological engineering is the application of engineering to living systems. Examples of engineering efforts in this Major include the development of new biosensor technologies, study and control of biologically based matter-transformation systems, and development of engineered devices to study and regulate fundamental biological processes. The Biological Engineering Minor is an opportunity for students to further their understanding of living systems and to increase their knowledge of the basic transport processes that occur within these systems. Courses in the Minor provide opportunities to analyze, design, and manipulate living systems at the molecular, cellular, and system levels.
Requirements
At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits), with at least three courses and 9 credits taught in BEE, chosen as follows:
I. Biology Foundation (at least one but no more than two courses)
BIOBM 330 or 331–332: Principles of Biochemistry
BIOMI 290: General Microbiology Lectures
BIONB 222: Neurobiology and Behavior II: Introduction to Neurobiology
II. Biological Engineering Core (at least one but no more than two courses)
BEE 260: Principles of Biological Engineering
BEE 350: Biological and Environmental Transport Processes
BEE 360: Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
BEE 331: Bio-Fluid Mechanics
III. Biological Engineering Concentration Electives (Minimum of three courses)
Choose any three courses from the concentration lists below. Courses appearing in more than one concentration do not double count. BEE 360 may be taken as either a concentration elective or a core course.
Biomedical Engineering Concentration
A&EP 470: Biophysical Methods
BEE 360: Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
BEE 365: Properties of Biological Materials
BEE 450: Bioinstrumentation
BEE 453: Computer-Aided Engineering: Applications to Biomedical Processes
BEE 454: Physiological Engineering
BEE 459: Biosensors and Bioanalytical Techniques
BME 330: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
BME 401: Biomedical Engineering Analysis
BME 404: Biomedical System Design
BME 440: Electronics in Neurobiology
BME 539: Biomedical Materials and Devices for Human Body Repair
BME 565: Biomechanical Systems—Analysis and Design
CHEME 481: Biomedical Engineering
ECE 578: Computer Analysis of Biomed Images
M&AE 401: Biomedical Engineering Analysis
M&AE 463: Neuromuscular Biomechanics
M&AE 464: Orthopaedic Tissue Mechanics
MS&E 461: Biomedical Materials and Their Applications
Bioprocess Engineering ConcentrationBEE 360: Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
BEE 450: Bioinstrumentation
BEE 453: Computer-Aided Engineering: Applications to Biomedical Processes
BEE 459: Biosensors and Bioanalytical Techniques
BEE 464: Bioseparation Processes
BEE 484: Metabolic Engineering
CHEM 300: Quantitative Chemistry (Does not count for Engineering credit)
CHEME 332: Analysis of Separation Processes
CHEME 543: Bioprocess Engineering
Bioenvironmental Engineering Concentration
BEE 371: Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems
BEE 435: Principles of Aquaculture
BEE 471: Introduction to Groundwater
BEE 473: Watershed Engineering
BEE 651: Bioremediation: Engineering Organisms to Clean Up the Environment
CEE 451: Microbiology for Environmental Engineering
CEE 452: Water Supply Engineering
Academic Standards
At least a grade of C– in each course in the Minor and a GPA ≥2.0 in all courses in the Minor.
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